Country Life 13 May 2020
Country Life 13 May 2020 looks at summer gardens, visits Petworth and gets celebrates the beautiful Chilterns.


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CHEQUERS: The second part of our glimpse inside the Prime Minister’s official residence.
AGATHA CHRISTIE'S GREATEST MYSTERY: Just why is she still so popular, 100 years on?
VEGETABLE GARDENS: Val Bourne's best advice.
PROPERTY NEWS: James Fisher on the latest developments.
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MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: NGS chief George Plumptre.
DAN PEARSON: The gardener, landscaper and writer pens his latest update.
CARLA CARLISLE: Our irrepressible columnist on the pandemic's similarity to polio.
FLOWERS AND JEWELS: Floral designs that last forever.
Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by HRH The King not once, but twice. It is a celebration of modern rural life and all its diverse joys and pleasures — that was first published in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year. Our eclectic mixture of witty and informative content — from the most up-to-date property news and commentary and a coveted glimpse inside some of the UK's best houses and gardens, to gardening, the arts and interior design, written by experts in their field — still cannot be found in print or online, anywhere else.
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Chelsea Flower Show 2025: What else to do in SW3 if you're coming to the world's greatest flower show
There's more to Chelsea than just the Flower Show so we've rounded up some of the best places to eat, stay and shop.
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Uniquely unique? The Yorkshire grain silos transformed into a home that's a symphony in glass, steel and curves
Amid the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire, on the edge of the Castle Howard Estate, The Silos is a property for which the word 'house' simply doesn't cut it. And that's not the only way in which it's made us throw out the dictionary.